Lining for hats



` `Whole.

Patented ug. 12, 1924.

UNITED PAT-ENT QFFIC FRANK .IS\OLO1VLON, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.l

Fon HATS. i i

l dppliqatpn filed September A1,9, 1,922. Serial No. 589,071.

n liningv of frnlprorerlehnraeter .for lieto, and more especially to provide le hetlining in which the lcrown Ipierce l and its ,liningL ,are Veonneoteol together in e ,I nenner end fby means which' eflicient'ly secure these parts and .maintain tnern 1in proper relation .to ,eachother end in Veolilton ,irnnroretheonernoter appearance .of the inet ,lining .ne e A ,furtlterioloieet of .the .nYento-n le to eprovide a hat-lining ,Whose parte are :properly Seenredtogetlier .enel Wlnoll will leorreetly rnnnten ite ellepe and Position ,and at 'the Senne Itrne nreeent exsoft ennemance and be devoid of reeds, cords and lthe like wlneh tend 4to vkink Ao r -beoorne ,rroenler `nnder the eontltone. .of nee and rnelr the appearance of the interior of a hat employinn them,

'In accordance with the prefenred embodiment of 1ny inyention Itlieorowvii portion of .the lining ie twonl y, ,eoneietlng of 4an enter layerand en inner layer, lor b nelrrern lining for the enter '.leyer, .enel these tiro .parte ere eeeured in teeefto eoereleton 'byletitelnne .Peripheral port-ione of the oroirn enrl =nrlelrentlently of the Slrfrt or epronnlenrberfot the lining, and .further in Seotiring the two parte ,of the Crown together lenolor on the y ieee of the enter or exposed ,Ply .end erlierent .to tlne nernnerel portion 'thereof end? ibeoly rneterel Wlnen tney 'be en@ iorefereloly ie `of Sonne,p le1 -eine oolor of Silk yarn or ertinoel Silk Stern, this .meten-el in e Single 'beine llelrl nearly Het against the erown ens-l etitne onlne/[tinte being `entlleiently ennoseol'hetweenthe' ,Stitehoe tio edd forth .on Zie-rae inne oi/er the toPof )the line ,of yern-,nsltnnezlrolrl ealrlynrnfpreeeeol down and protect l the same from ,abrasion :or displacement, While at tliesarnextirne :leaving tlie yarn enposedto ,View I preferably ernploy an outer `tinsel thread and an linner cotton thread `in sewing `the Atwo plys of Ythe hat crown together ,and anchoring on said crown the line of yarn.

'Ille apron meinberoftlie lining issecuned to theelgeportion of thecrown by a line of stitcliingfwliicli is adjacent to but independent of the ystitching by fvhicllztlie ltwo ,layers of :the crown are secured together.

Tlie invention will `be fully understood `from the detailed description ,hereinafter presented, reference beng'had to the accompanying .rlrewnee in W'lnellr Fig'. 1 1s a perspective View :looking into a hat lining constructed in accordance yWith and embodying Iny intention;

Fig. 2 yis, la horizontal .section7 partly ,broken away,. tlirough the two layers cornnreing the eroWnrnernber of :the lining, said `layersy loe'ing shown juxtaposed ready ,to vbe ,secured together;

Fig. 3 is a corresponding View of the saine, illustrating theftWo layers or plies :as secured together in accordance with my A1nventon.; y f

` Fig. 4; is 4a transverse section tlirongh a portion of the hat lining, ltaken on Ithe dotf ted line {1.-4 of Eig. 11;'

4Flat 5 lie en elevation, on e `lnreer seele, of aportion o f thecrown member of the llnlng ,and es presented. `to illustrate rnore clearlyytliestitchingandthe line of yarn I epnly to Seid portion; and

F Gitol'inclusive illustrate ainodied relnbo'rlnoe.n t oi rny invention, Fig, .6 voorre- Mspondlllgg :with and showing the two layenS or the crown member of the l-ning, Fig. 7 illustrating v,these two Alayere as llaviine' been eeenrerl together 'by e line ,ofiorrlinnry etitelnner Flig- 8 illustrating the anelionton otrny nnentlontotne Crown ,rnernloer COF- l ,lont .llnetretfne the nnorltetl vernbo frlnner1t .of the intention# Y ln the drawings, 1.0 designates the erown portion of the inet llnne' ond e151 the Skirt for' apron rneniloor tnereot The crown portion 010 is formed loi two l there, the layer l2 loene of Sntnblefnbro to @be exlposed within the ,hat and the `layer 1:3 berne eenreer :teorie and preferably buekram and serving as a lining for the fabric 12.

Along the border portion of the crown I secure the layers 12, 13 in face to face relation, as shown in Fig. 3 by a stitching composed of an outer zig-zag or overcast thread 14 and an inner Zig-zag thread'15 in the same plane with the thread 14 and holding said thread 14 firmly to the layer 12 of the crown 10, as will be understood A,by reference to Figs. 3, 4 and 5. The thread 15 will preferably be of silk or cotton and the thread 14 is' preferably of .finer grade and of tinsel character. The stitches formed by the threads 14, 15 are usual and formed by a sewing machine of known type and this stitching firmly secures the `layers or plies 12, 13 of the crown 10 together. In carrying o-ut my invention, however, I apply to the crown 10, against the layer 12 and while "the stitching 14, 15 is being performed, a

reasonably broad line of bodymaterial 16 and this line of material is, as shown in Fig.

,5, secured against the .facel of the crown by and stability to the peripheral portions of the crown and clearly defines the outline of thesame so as tomake the same presentable -for use within a hat. `Theline of yarn 16 will vbe of some pleasing color so als to add tone to the appearanceof the lining, and I have found it convenient to incorporate two j colors in the strand of yarn 16 so as to produce modifying effects in the appearance of v `the crown. The stitches 14, 15 not only secure the `line'of yarn 16 in place and sufficiently expose the same, but firmly secure the layer'12 and its buckram lining 13 together, the broadening out of the stitches 14, 15a`dding to the security of the layer 12 and y, tothe layerA 13 and generally improving the vstructure and appearance of the lining as a .l whole. The zig-Zag or overcast stitching 14 preserves the yarn 16 against labrasion or displacement, and when said stitches 14 are formed of tinsel they add materially to the stylel and general appearance of the lining. After the crown 10 has been completed I secure the same to the apron or skirt member 11 bya line of ordinary stitching 20,

:this line lof stitching being exterior but in y, near relation to the stitch-ing 14, 15,and line of. yarn 16,v as shown in Fig. 4. In hat linings employing a reed, cord or the like along the edge of the crown, there is always an objectionable finish at the point where the two ends of the skirt or apron lnember l1 are joined to the crown of the lining, so

that ordinarily a bow of ribbon or braid is employed to conceal this joining. iVith my invention I am able to produce a finished border around the crown of the hat lining and do not require a bow or other concealing feature at the point in question.

In Figs. 6v tok 9 inclusive I illustrate a modification of my invention or the manner of employing my invention, the modification consisting in permanently sewing the layers of the crown 10 together by an 'ordinary line of stitching 21, as shown in Fig. 7, after which the stitching 14, l5 and line of yarn 16 are applied.. Since this modification consisting of the line of stitching 21 is the only difference betweenthe lining shown in Figs. 1 to 5 inclusive and that shownin Figs. 6 to 9 inclusive, I have numbered Figs. 6 to 9 correspondingly with the numbering of Figs. 1 to 5, so as to avoid needless vrepetition of description. The. line of stitching 21 serves to secure the layers 12, 13 together, thereby making a firm and in effect onepiece body toreceive the stitching 14, 15 and line of body material 16, and this may be regarded by some as an advantage, but in my experience I have found no difficulty in omitting the line of sewing 21 and securing the layers 12, 13 together by applying the stitching 14, 15 and line of material or yarn 16 as a single operation, as I illustrate in Fig. 4.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. A hat lining comprising a two-ply crown piece and an apron or skirt portion secured by sewing to a. laterally extending edge portion of the` crown piece, said edge portion and the adjacent edge portion of the apron or skirt being concealed back of the lining, and said crownv piece having its two layers fastened together and a line of soft. body material secured thereupon by stitching composed of an outer zig-zag or overcast thread and an inner zig-zag thread, said stitches crossing said line of body material and separated from one another to expose said material, and said stitches and line of material extending around said crown piece closely adjacent to said apron or skirt portion and being independent thereof.

2. A hat lining as claimed in claim 1, in which said body material is a layer of soft yarn, and in which the inner layer of the crown piece is of buckram.

3. A hat lining comprising a crown iece andan apron or skirt portion secured by sewing to a laterally extending edge portion of the crown piece, said edge portion and the adjacent edge portion of the apron or skirt being concealed back of the lining, and

said crown piece having along and against the face of its peripheral portion a line of soft body material and a line of stitches crossing said body material and binding the Same against said crown piece, Said Stitches being,` separated from one another to expose said material, and said stitches and body material being closely adj aoent to said apron or skirt portion and being independent thereof.

Signed at New York city, in the county of New York, and State of New York, this 16th day of September, A. D; 1922.

FRANK SOLQMON. 

